Elastase Is the only Human Neutrophil Granule Protein That Alone Is Responsible for in Vitro Killing of Borrelia burgdorferi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1408-1412

  Garcia, Rodolfo ^a   Gusmani, Laura ^b   Murgia, Rossella ^b   Guarnaccia, Corrado ^a   Cinco, Marina ^b   Rottini, Giandomenico ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; OXYGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL GRANULE; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSIOLOGY; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTROPHILS; OXYGEN;

EID: 0032038653     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.4.1408-1412.1998     Document Type: Article

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